Twelfth draw: World Chess Championship goes to tiebreak

The renewed division of points after around three hours came as a surprise, at least at this point. Carlsen offered a draw in a better position. Caruana, who was also under time pressure, accepted this.

"It was very exciting. I was in no condition to find the punch," said Carlsen: "I'm happy with the draw. He is certainly the player who gives me the least chances." Caruana replied: "I was a bit surprised by the draw. It was very difficult, he was very well prepared. With my position I had no chance of winning.”

Carlsen clearly has great confidence in his rapid chess skills. Two years ago he was only able to successfully defend his title in a tiebreak. At that time, the 27-year-old won the play-off 3-1 against Russian Sergej Karjakin. Carlsen is also considered a slight favorite against Caruana.

The tiebreak rules The twelfth draw in the twelfth game means there will be a tiebreak on Wednesday. There, four rapid chess games will be played with a time limit of 25 minutes. If there is no decision, there will be a maximum of ten blitz chess games with five minutes of reflection time.

If the duel is still a draw, the world champion will be crowned in a so-called “Armageddon” game. There, the player with the white pieces gets five minutes to think about it, and the player with the black pieces gets four minutes. In the event of a draw, the player with the black pieces is the winner.

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Twelfth draw: World Chess Championship goes to tiebreak

The World Chess Championship between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Fabiano Caruana will be decided in a tiebreak. On Monday, the twelfth and final game with regular time limit ended in a draw, with the Norwegian and the American tied at 6:6.

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